History Main / NewOldFlame

* In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', the villain's wife, Paris Carver, is an old lover of JamesBond. Given Bond's [[ReallyGetsAround history]], this probably happens a lot.

* In ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', Jack has one in TheDragon, Angelica, [[spoiler:Blackbeard's daughter]]. Notable in that she is the ''only'' woman he has ever truly loved.

* In the ''{{Daredevil}}'' comics, ComicBook/{{Elektra}} was introduced as Matt Murdock's previously unmentioned college girlfriend and love of his life. She died, but got better.

* In ''Trials and Tribulations'', the third game of the ''AceAttorney'' series, Phoenix and Mia each get one, Dahlia [[spoiler: (or better said, [[TwinSwitch her twin sister]] Iris)]] and [[spoiler: Diego Armando aka Godot]] respectively.

** Another introduced Lisa, who now had a son with a suspicious resemblance to Dean, born about the right time after he knew her. [[spoiler: It's not his]]. Lisa returns [[spoiler: At the end of the fifth season and in the sixth, where Dean settles down with her and she actually has yet to die.]]

Compare to RememberTheNewGuy, RomanticFalseLead, TheOneThatGotAway. Contrast PsychoExGirlfriend.

* In an issue of Matt Fraction's ''[[TheDefenders Defenders]]'' series, Comicbook/DoctorStrange accidentally brought his college crush BackFromTheDead. They spent a few days "renewing acquaintances" before he had to tell her what he'd done.

* In one episode of ''{{Castle}}'', he and Beckett investigate a murder that took place during the wedding of one of Castle's exes. [[spoiler:There's jealousy from Beckett's side, a lot of talk at the station, and a brief rekindling between Castle and the girl before she does get married and tells Beckett, "He's all yours."]]
* Bobby for Hilda on ''UglyBetty''. [[spoiler:Seeing how he came along towards the end of the series, they ended up getting married in the GrandFinale.]]
* Casey has had ''two'' of these in ''{{Chuck}}''.

* In ''Manga/SoulEater'' Marie's NewOldFlame shows up. They both have leftover feelings for one another and are about to rekindle their relationship when said NewOldFlame suffers from [[spoiler: [[BusCrash Death On A Bus]]]]. It set off the Stein/Marie shippers, since Stein is the one who consoles her.

* In ''Trials and Tribulations'', the third game of the ''AceAttorney'' series, Phoenix and Mia each get one, Dahlia and [[spoiler:Godot]] respectively.

* In the epilogue of ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', during the funeral of [[spoiler: Sentry]], Rogue reveals that they were in a relationship. Not only do her given reasons for the relationship boggle the mind, (there's a fair amount of people who can be in a physical relationship with Rogue and not get killed) but it's in incredibly bad taste since [[spoiler: Sentry]] was ''married.'' The whole thing feels like the writer is saying, "hey guys! This guy got to tap that ass! [[UnfortunateImplications You should feel sad such a playa is gone!"]]

* In the Discworld novel ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', though neither ''character' is actually new, it does come as a bit of a surprise to learn that Mustrum Ridcully and Esmerelda Weatherwax were, at one time, An Item (and are explicitly stated to be ''married'' in an alternate reality).

* ''Series/{{OnceUponATime}}'': Neal, [[spoiler: Henry's father aka Baelfire]], shows up first in flashbacks and later in current time, thus throwing [[LauncherOfAThousandShips yet another love interest Emma's way]].

* A while back, we learned that [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] of all people had an incredibly hot girlfriend in college, but dumped her because he was a neurotic twit. She's now a HotScientist, and still bitter about the breakup.

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[spoiler:Jimmy Olsen]] to Chloe in season six.
* Shau'nac/Teal'c in ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'', "Crossroads".

** Lise Hampton, Garibaldi's former significant other, shows up mid-fourth-season (after a brief mention in the first season) married to his new boss, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive William Edgars]]. To Garibaldi's credit, he kept things remarkably professional. In a strange twist (for this trope, not for the overall storyline, in which you could see it coming a mile off), Edgars [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse dies]] (no, Garibaldi didn't do it) and the two get back together by the end of the season. Not only that, but Garibaldi essentially inherits Edgars's financial empire, quitting as security chief and moving to Mars Dome.

* Amanda in ''HighlanderTheSeries'' is introduced this way, early on. Duncan's current wife is not amused. (She later comes back after the wife dies, and they are a couple for much of the series.)

** A more traditional version of the trope is "The Only Church In Town", in which Face's first love Leslie Bektall turns up after a fifteen-year absence. (During which time she's become a nun. Ouch.)

* In the ''{{Daredevil}}'' comics, {{Elektra}} was introduced as Matt Murdock's previously unmentioned college girlfriend and love of his life. She died, but got better.
* Lori Lemaris was this in the SilverAge ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comics: Clark Kent's sweetheart from college (who turns out to be secretly an Atlantean mermaid).

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has a variant, where in the first season Prue's love interest is the same guy she dated in high school (which, since he's introduced that way right away, doesn't feel jarring). The "skipping foreplay" part is sort of [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]]; they sleep together on their first "new" date, and while Prue is obviously embarrassed when she tells Piper about it, she argues when Piper says it's basically the same as sleeping with a guy on the ''very'' first date.